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Unread 14-03-2011, 15:08
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Re: why blame the programmers??

Well, this year was the year Mechanical and Electrical finally gave enough time to Programming, listened to what they had to say, and worked together with them to get (mostly) everything working correctly. I think it payed off, as the programmers weren't panicking, coding, testing, and fixing bugs on-the-fly between practice matches, they were seeded 4th, and they made it to a 3rd semi-final match before losing 54-64. "It's the programmer's fault" has now turned into a kind of light-hearted joke whenever something breaks.

Basically, some good communication and teamwork goes a long way.

I believe they could have won the regional if it wasn't for some field "no comms" network issues knocking out one of their alliance partners, but that's another story.
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